Photo: A still shot of me snatching 60kg while warming up at MDUSA. Pretty good positioning!

Tuesday Training:

Snatch Complex: 2 Snatch Pulls, 2 Hang Snatches, 2 Overhead Squats

• 15kg/3
• 35kg/3
• 45kg/1
• 50kg/1
• 54kg/1
• 57kg/1

Clean & Jerk Complex: 2 Clean Pulls, 2 Hang Cleans, 2 Front Squats, 1 Jerk

• 45kg/1
• 55kg/1
• 60kg/1
• 64kg/1
• 67kg/1

elciiid:

Made a visit to MDUSA yesterday ! Rebecca Gerdon did some heavy lifting and got a clean & jerk meet PR, as well as a total meet PR.

Lets just say she impressed the FUCK out of Pendlay, and shows a FUCKTON of promise in the sport.

Picture: Rebecca and her coach Travis Mash, world champ powerlifter and owner of Mash Elite , a badass strength gym in Advance, NC.

If you wanna get inspired, slam bars , kill PRs or simply get to know Rebecca and the other dedicated Mashletes, you should check it out !

Me and my coach, Travis Mash :) 

I love that guy <3

Monday Training:

I looked kinda like a crossfitter with the compression socks but they make my calves feel better so I’ll keep wearing them. I’ve got some cool green ones too. :)

1:00pm

Back squat up to 85% (230lbs)

My hips were feeling kinda weird here but they felt fine in the evening. Still had no problem squatting 85% 2x3 with no belt. 

Inverse Rows

• Because I wanted to do some kind of pulling and I hadn’t done these in a while

Medball slams for some HIIT

7pm.

Snatch (up to 90%)

Got up to 65kg with no misses except for one where I had it but it slowly pulled me backward so I had to bail. Bar landed on my shins too :(

These felt really good though. I’ve got a groove going

Clean and Jerk up to 90%

90% for me is around 83kg. I got up to 75kg without any problems but just couldn’t jerk the 80kg. This is typical if I have squatted earlier in the day though. My jerk always suffers. 

My calves were also starting to hurt during my c&j’s. I found that stretching them helps a good deal. I don’t know why I didn’t think to do that earlier. I thought rolling them was enough. NOPE

Friday Training:

Friday was an awesome day, despite late nights Wednesday and Thursday night (Imagine Dragons an Bassnectar concerts)

It was max out Friday so we all went HAM. With me being a little over a week out from my MDUSA tryout, coach told me he wanted me to hit around 70/90, which would give me a 160kg total.

Snatches went WAYYYY better than expected. Because I was using a mix of kilo and pound plates, I was able to go up in 2lb and 3lb jumps instead of just 5lb jumps. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before.

I only had one miss at 154lbs (1lb below my max at the time), then I got it and moved up to 157lbs, and got it! It felt really easy so I decided to go up to 160lbs and got that one! Also easy so I went up again to 162lbs. This one was slightly more of a challenge but I settled and was able to come up fairly easy.

I decided to go up again and had 165lbs on the bar (my bodyweight!) but I think I rushed my setup and so I ended up just doing a high pull. Coach told me to stop so we could end snatches on a good note. A 7# PR :)

Now onto clean and jerks. Cleans felt a little slower than normal today but I still managed to clean and jerk 199lbs with no problems. I cleaned 204lbs but missed the jerk.

My total for Friday ended up being 73.6/90.5 with a 164.1kg total - a PR total for me!

elciiid:

Making burrito bowls on Cinco de Mayo. Basically the best rest day ever. Big squats to come tomorrow.

Watch out Chipotle !

Makin the best fuel for lifting some serious weight tomorrow! :)

Monday Training

3pm @ Crossfit Local :)

Snatch 

I was supposed to work up to 90% and then do down sets at 77 and 87% but decided I felt to good to stop at 90% so I tried for a PR. Had 158lbs (3lb PR) over my head several times but just couldn’t stick it! SO CLOSE 

Then 120lbs/3 and 135lb/3

Clean and Jerk

Only had 25 minutes to get C&J in so I rushed through these with only 30sec-1min between each lift but I felt really good so I was excited to push myself to a PR. Loaded up 208lbs on the bar. Cleaned it nicely but then fell backwards with it. Tried again a minute later and got it! But it was a close save because my right hand did something weird. Spend so much energy in the clean that I missed the jerk. But I’m sure I’d have had it had the clean been cleaner :) Still a Clean PR though

Didn’t do any down sets because of lack of time 

7pm @ UNC

Squat (Max then 2x2 with red bands)

• Worked up to 120kg/264lb
• 2x2 at 97.5kg/214.5lb

GHR 3x8

My Traps were so sore from Clean & Jerk on Saturday after not cleaning for a week. Like it hurt to turn my head to the left. Sleeping was hard last night lol

elciiid:

My favorite lifter of all time!

Rebecca Gerdon , future Olympic Weightlifter, Bobsledder and one of the most intelligent, hardworking and kind athletes you will ever meet. She continually motivates everyone around her to push themselves to their absolute limit. Keep an eye out for her, she’s the next big thing!